More than 2,000 years ago, the myth of Narcissus gave us a word we still use today. Here's the story behind "narcissist." ...

Every ancient language that has ever been deciphered needed an anchor. Usually that's a bilingual text, like the Rosetta ...

Control of the Oracle of Delphi was a key issue in Ancient Greece, and various cities and coalitions fought over it during ...

In 2025, Dr Bharat Gupt, the 79-year-old classicist, musicologist, theatre theorist, sitar and surbahar exponent, cultural ...

Aeschylus introduced philanthropy as an Ancient Greek ideal of humanity, compassion, civic virtue, and generosity.

From the lost sequel to the poem's oral roots, here are five things you might not know about the origins and mystique surrounding Homer's epic poem, the 'Odysse ...

For a community that has built lives far from home, an epic written nearly 3,000 years ago continues to mirror the realities of migration and homecoming ...

The story of the Mediterranean gayborhood that was ancient Greece might feel like ancient history, and technically, sure, it is. But for queer people, the homoerotic lore of that particular period ...

Is it any wonder ancient people thought lightning came from the gods? Even today, a close lightning strike feels like a terrifying brush with the supernatural. Some ancient thinkers, however, ...

Ancient scientists can be easy to dismiss. Greek philosopher Thales of Miletus, often described as the West’s first scientist, believed the whole Earth was suspended on water. Roman encyclopaedist ...

Now the debut trailer for Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey is out in the wild, age-old debates about “historical accuracy” have reemerged. The Odyssey is officially described as a “mythic action epic,” ...